From The Art of the Handbag

Gibbs says a lot of her work is derived from her “observations of nature and finding beauty in ordinary things, little pieces of moss, grass, and peeling bark.” In her “Silver Birch” and “Green Birch” bags (opposite page), paper-thin slices of sterling silver over silk evoke the peeling bark of birch trees. The clasps are twigs of silver leaves and the handles, gossamer silver chains.